Other Plastics Product Manufacturing

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Other Plastics Product Manufacturing industry saw employment growth of only 2.29%. There are an average of 48 workers at each of the 6,252 establishments in the United States. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Plastics Product Manufacturing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

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OSHA investigators arrived in Sauk Village, IL on Wednesday, October 24th 2018 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Winpak Portion Packaging, Inc.. A 61 year old man working as a Machinery maintenance occupation was killed on the job when the

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OSHA ID110347.015

Accident Date2018-10-24

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 11:00 a.m. on October 24, 2018, an employee was part of a crew of three employees troubleshooting an issue with a thermoformer and was making adjustments to a vacuum pump between two large sections of the machine. The employee was caught and pinned between the two sections and was found unresponsive by coworkers before being transported to a local hospital, where he later died.

The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, February 1st 2019 by OSHA representitives in South Elgin, IL after learning of an incident at Hoffer Plastics Corp which had occured on Wednesday, January 24th 2018. A 45 year old man working as a was injured on the job when the employee was burned by hot plastic

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OSHA ID113264.015

Accident Date2018-01-24

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 11:45 a.m. on January 24, 2018, an employee was looking through an opening of a injection molding machine. The machine released hot plastic that was approximately 450 degrees and splattered onto the employee causing burns to the face and hands. The employee was hospitalized and treated for his injuries.

On Monday, January 8th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Saint Louis, MO which had occured previously at 106918 - Fwp Newco Llc. A 24 year old employee had been killed when the employee was caught in mold press and was killed

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OSHA ID102063.015

Accident Date2018-01-07

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeOn January 7, 2018, an employee was removing plastic product from a mold press when the mold closed upon her. She was pronounced dead at the scene.